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Well, if it works would be cheaper than the $29,000.00 (hospital bill) stress induced remission I got when hubby suddenly ended up in the hospital at the end of September...:)
grannyh
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YIKES, Grannyh! That's a lot of money, though I'm sure the upset and misery were bigger than any number can convey.
I think there could be a side effect that no one can predict. It seems to me that zonulin might be there for a reason. Stopping it from doing its "job" could have effects no one has considered, because zonulin was only isolated recently.
If my wild notion is even half-right, there could be a much worse side effect than we might expect from a pharmaceutical in general - not just a reaction (headache, rash fatigue... everything Zizzle listed in that hilarious ad parody and more). This is shutting off a function the body performs in the presence of a toxin or antigen or pathogen. In this case, an avoidable toxin/antigen.
I guess my notion is - won't the zonulin-zapper prevent some things from crossing through tight cell junctions that *should* get through either the gut lining or the blood-brain barrier?
Maybe 'celiac disease' should be renamed 'gluten poisoning' - maybe the underlying genetics are a different way of accomplishing a function in human biology, that only becomes a pathology when the right sorts of grains are bred and grown and widely distributed.
That said, Zizzle, your FIL is clearly onto something. This should be huge for investors.
I wish I had been paying attention in biology class. Looking back on it, I think I was probably low-level ADD, and (you guessed it) I blame gluten. I sure am interested now.
Sara
I think there could be a side effect that no one can predict. It seems to me that zonulin might be there for a reason. Stopping it from doing its "job" could have effects no one has considered, because zonulin was only isolated recently.
If my wild notion is even half-right, there could be a much worse side effect than we might expect from a pharmaceutical in general - not just a reaction (headache, rash fatigue... everything Zizzle listed in that hilarious ad parody and more). This is shutting off a function the body performs in the presence of a toxin or antigen or pathogen. In this case, an avoidable toxin/antigen.
I guess my notion is - won't the zonulin-zapper prevent some things from crossing through tight cell junctions that *should* get through either the gut lining or the blood-brain barrier?
Maybe 'celiac disease' should be renamed 'gluten poisoning' - maybe the underlying genetics are a different way of accomplishing a function in human biology, that only becomes a pathology when the right sorts of grains are bred and grown and widely distributed.
That said, Zizzle, your FIL is clearly onto something. This should be huge for investors.
I wish I had been paying attention in biology class. Looking back on it, I think I was probably low-level ADD, and (you guessed it) I blame gluten. I sure am interested now.
Sara
